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Casey Anthony verdict

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Our town came to a screeching halt at 2:15 this afternoon when the jury came back with their verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial.  Everyone was dismayed to hear the verdict was not guilty.  She did received a guilty … Continue reading

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4th of July 2011

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We had a wonderful 4th of July!  We took the kids to a field where they sprayed silly string at each other.  We then did a little photo shoot to wish all of our family and friends a Happy 4th … Continue reading

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Red, Hot, Boom

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We spent another beautiful day at the park shooting our new .44 Magnums.  This time we went to a park with a playground so Emily had something to do while the boys were shooting each other.  We then went to … Continue reading

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Boys buys their first Magnum .44

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We took the boys shopping at the Army/Navy store and their picked out their first Desert Eagle .44 Magnum.  Of course they were Airsoft and not the real ones.  🙂  We then went to a state park for some target … Continue reading

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Oh to be a kid again!

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We had a large rain storm and the puddles it left behind were just too irresistible to Emily!  I wish adults could relearn how to enjoy the simple pleasures in life!

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She’s got mail!

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Poppy and Nana sent Emily a really cool card that is a coloring poster on the inside.  Emily immediately ran into the other room and started coloring away!  Thanks Poppy & Nana!

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Epidural injection

Well, I started another series of epidural injections but this time for my neck.  When I was rear-ended by the school bus in 2007, I injured my back, neck and wrist.  I have had surgery on my wrist and two … Continue reading

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Proud brag

We are so proud of CW.  He passed his adjuster’s testing this weekend and is now a Certified Adjuster for the State of Florida!  Way to go CW!

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Budding artists

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Carter and Nathan are having a productive summer by creating beautiful art!  

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Long week

This was my first full week back to work since I fell ill back in March.  It was a long hard week but it felt great to have life back to normal.  Our law firm moved downtown and the new … Continue reading

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Wild Wild West

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Every Wednesday, Emily & Andrew’s summer camp has a theme day.  Today the theme was wild, wild west.  The camp took these photos of our little westerners.  The photo of Andrew with another boy is them playing “booger wars”.  You … Continue reading

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Father’s Day 2011

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We had a wonderful Father’s Day today.  John picked up the kids and spent a wonderful afternoon with them and then went to Papa Joe’s for some yummy Italian food.  CW and I took Collin and Jacob to Chili’s and … Continue reading

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Dress Up

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My law firm is moving to a beautiful new down town office space and we spent the bulk of the day boxing up everything.  One of the girls found a bag in the supply closet that had two dresses that … Continue reading

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Dylan’s sleepover

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Andrew has been asking for Dylan to sleepover for a while and the timing finally worked out on one of John’s weekend. John had to pick up a friend from the airport so I took the kids to a park. … Continue reading

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Final report cards

We got the final report cards today.  Carter has a 4.0, Nathan has a 3.5, Andrew made 1 B this year and Emily made one B this year.  We are so proud of everyone!

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Emily’s long hair

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Emily’s hair is finally long enough to French braid!  Okay, it’s been long enough for a while but the front pieces were always too short to stay in a french braid.  Doesn’t it look amazing?!?!?!?  

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Andrew won a medal

We are so proud of Andrew.  He won a medal in school today for academic excellence.  He only made one B this year – everything else was straight A’s!

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Birthday parties galore

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We had double parties to attend today.  Andrew’s friend Dylan and Emily’s friend Gabriella both had parties today.  Luckily the parties were at different times and John was available to chauffeur Andrew and Emily to their parties while I entertained … Continue reading

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Nathan playing online

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Friends are always as close as the internet!  Nathan is playing online with Jacob & Collin even though they are across town!

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Swaziland flag

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Carter’s class was assigned the project of making flags for the countries in Africa and I do believe Carter got the hardest flag – Swaziland.  I think he did an incredible job!  The second photo is a picture that Emily … Continue reading

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Very sad goodbye to Prissy & Kali

I went to the doctor the other day and found out that I have a bad sinus infection and double ear infection.  He informed me that it was an allergic reaction to the cats.  I argued that I had had … Continue reading

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Gotta love technology

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I just figured out how to update my blog from my iPhone. There truly is an app for everything! 🙂 Emily and Andrew had their checkups today and everything went well.  It looks like Andrew might be joining his brothers … Continue reading

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Up a tree

The 8 of us headed to the “lincoln log” park today and had a great time despite the heat.  We threw the football and frisbee and watched the kids run through the wooden castle.  Nathan had fun climbing a tree.

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John showing off his birthday presents

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John is sporting his new birthday shirt and the tie Emily picked out.

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John turns 66

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The kids spent a wonderful evening with John eating at Fridays.  They got him a new work shirt and a tie that Emily picked out.  Andrew bought him Buccaneer playing cards.  While the kids were celebrating with John, CW and … Continue reading

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Helping out at YMCA

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The camp director has helpers in the car pool line in the afternoon and Andrew was chosen today.  You can tell he enjoys his job.

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County wide math competition

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Carter was invited to participate in the county wide math competition.  There were 5 children picked to represent 6th grade gifted and he was one of the 5.  They competed in an individual competition, group competition and in an engineering … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day 2011

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It was a great day! For starters, Collin served me breakfast in bed. Then we went to Taco Bell (yummy). For dinner, we went to one of my favorite Italian Restaurants, Scampi’s. I’d love to say it was a perfect … Continue reading

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Trinity spends the night

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Emily is on cloud 9 – Trinity finally had a sleepover last night. I asked Emily where she and Trinity were going to sleep and she said that Trinity would sleep in her bed and Emily would sleep on the floor … Continue reading

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Our sweet kitties!

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